How did StepFun StepAudio 3 do on X?
StepFun posted the StepAudio 3 launch from @StepFun_ai on Sep 15, 2026. The post has 35,993 views, 407 likes, 34 reposts, 12 quotes and 28 replies, an engagement rate of 1.34%. It ranks #2310 of the 2839 launches Gridd tracks.
Introducing StepAudio 3, our new family of 5 audio models for real-time voice, speech recognition, speech generation, audio generation and music. Realtime ranks #1 on Artificial Analysis for both Conversational Dynamics (98.9%) and Speech Reasoning (99.7%). ASR reaches 1.7% WER, matching the best result on the leaderboard. Build voice agents that handle interruptions, reason while speaking, and call tools. Transcribe speech, generate expressive voices, and create full audio scenes and music. Available now: Voice AI Lab: https://audio.stepfun.ai/ Blog: https://static.stepfun.com/blog/stepaudio3/
- 21%the median launch175K median views
- #2310of the launches we trackout of 2839
- 2.1xits own following16,802 followers
- Views
- 36K
- Likes
- 407
- Reposts
- 34
- Quotes
- 12
- Replies
- 28
- Bookmarks
- 247
What would these views cost to buy?
At $100 per 1,000 views, the rate a brand pays an agency charging $100K for one million views, 36K views would cost $4K. Gridd guarantees one million views, 28x what this post got, for about $25K.
The post reached about 2.1 views for every follower of @StepFun_ai.
What launched?
StepFun launched StepAudio 3, a family of five audio models for real-time voice, speech recognition, speech generation, audio generation and music.
How does it compare with other launches?
StepFun StepAudio 3 has more views than 19% of the 2839 launches Gridd tracks: 21% of the median launch's 175K views.
- StepFun StepAudio 336K
- Median tracked launch175K
- #1: xAI Voice Cloning204M
| Metric | StepFun StepAudio 3 | Median launch |
|---|---|---|
| Views | 36K | 175K |
| Engagement rate | 1.34% | 0.48% |
| Views per follower | 2.1 | 2.8 |
| Quote posts | 12 | 27 |
| Saves per 10K views | 68.6 | 14.2 |
Other StepFun launches we track: StepFun Step 5 Preview (487.8K views), StepFun Step 3.7 Flash (363.6K views), StepFun Step Image Edit 2 (100.1K views), StepFun StepAudio 2.5 ASR (80.3K views), StepFun StepAudio 2.5 Realtime (66.2K views), StepFun Step Code v0.1.0 (47.6K views). All 9 StepFun launches, or every ai launch.
Against launches like it
A launch only means something against comparable ones. These are the groups it belongs to, and where it sits in each.
| Compared with | Launches | Median views | This one | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AI launches | 1,462 | 263K | 14% | #1280 |
| Accounts 10K to 100K followers | 1,135 | 99.4K | 36% | #807 |
| Image launch posts | 620 | 143.1K | 25% | #493 |
| Every launch | 2,839 | 175K | 21% | #2310 |
What this launch shows
From an account with 16.8K followers, the post reached 2.1 times the account's following. Launches from accounts 10K to 100K followers reach a median of 3.1 times their following, so this one went about 69% as far as usual for its size. It ranks 807 of 1135 launches from accounts that size.
It drew 12 quote posts, 3.3 per 10,000 views against a median of 1.7. More people than usual added their own take, and a quote post is what carries a launch to audiences the account does not have.
The first line is "Introducing StepAudio 3, our new family of 5 audio models for real-time voice, speech recognition, speech generation, audio generation an…". The post runs 77 words, against a median of 39 for launch posts here, and leads with an image: image launches have a median of 143.1K views, against 186.1K for the rest.
There is a link in the post. Launch posts with a link have a median of 160.8K views in the tracker.
It went out on a Tuesday (UTC). Tuesday launches have a median of 192.3K views, the strongest day in the tracker.
Every comparison is against the 2839 launches in the tracker, read on Nov 14, 2026. Medians, not averages. See the state of launches on X for the full breakdown.
Questions about this launch
- What is StepFun?
- In its own words on X: "Scale-up possibilities for everyone. API Platform: HuggingFace" StepFun posted the StepAudio 3 launch from @StepFun_ai on Sep 15, 2026.
- How many views did StepFun StepAudio 3 get on X?
- 35,993 views. StepFun posted it from @StepFun_ai on Sep 15, 2026, and the post has 407 likes, 34 reposts, 12 quotes, 28 replies and 247 bookmarks. Gridd re-reads these numbers from the post every six hours; these were read on Nov 14, 2026.
- Was StepFun StepAudio 3 a big launch on X?
- It ranks #2310 of the 2839 launches Gridd tracks, with more views than 19% of them and 21% of the median launch's 175K views. Its engagement rate is 1.34%, against a median of 0.48%.
- What would 36K views on X cost to buy?
- At $100 per 1,000 views, the rate a brand pays an agency charging $100K for one million views, 36K views would cost $4K. Gridd guarantees one million views, 28x what this post got, for about $25K.
Source: Gridd launch tracker, gridd.agency/launches/stepfun-stepaudio-3, read from the post on X on Nov 14, 2026. Free to cite with a link (CC BY 4.0). Get every launch as JSON.